Well, howdy there, internet people. It's Dana again. And today you're at Research Road.

This is a weekly series where we go through science and tech news with a bit of dry humor.

Then we do a dive into a science topic and we close out by answering some questions from y'all.

Today is the 5th of August 2025. And on this date in 1884, the cornerstone of the Statue of Liberty was laid.

Today is National Blogger Day.

So, starting off with tech news, Luke Kemp, research fellow at the Center for the Study of Existential Risk, at the of Cambridge suggested the most likely outcome for humanity is collapse of society and warned against narcissistic leaders and oligarchy.

ChatGPT is supposed to be included in new mental health guardrails after reports of less than ideal responses

to people suffering from delusions.

Scientific journals are being overrun with a flood of fake papers, and the journals are

having a hard time keeping up.

And now on to space.

Reporting says the Trump administration wants to scrap the NASA orbiting carbon observatories.

They are satellites that routinely provide evidence that Trump has been wrong about the climate for decades.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is set to announce that the U.S. will attempt to put a nuclear reactor on the moon on a schedule that experts are already calling into doubt.

There's also reportedly something in the works to replace the International Space Station more quickly.

Now it's time to talk about the developing climate crisis.

Authorities in Cleveland are telling consumers not to worry about the discolored water. They're

saying it's due to low levels of oxygen in Lake Erie, causing excess minerals to dissolve into

the water. A new report says,

Plastics cause disease and death from infancy to old age and are responsible for health-related economic losses

exceeding $1.5 trillion annually.

Economic and foreign policy experts are suggesting

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